Album Review: Lore City - Participation Mystique (2021)

Picture Credit: Lore City Artwork: Nancy L. Greco and Lore City Lore City - Participation Mystique Release Date: July 23, 2021 Label: Lore City Music Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 45:20 Genre: Art Rock / Post Rock Origin: Portland , Oregon , USA Art and Post Rock duo Lore City from Portland, Oregon are celebrating their tenth anniversairy. This is a beautiful opportunity for the band to release their fourth longplayer "Participation Mystique" which they distribute via their own label Lore City Music. Laura Mariposa Williams (vocals, keyboards) and Eric Angelo Bessel (percussions, keyboards, guitars) have taken the energy from a once-in-five-hundred-years constellation of planets that occured in early 2020, and have transformed this galactic power into nine new songs. It happened within the constellation of Capricorn, that Saturn was aligned directly with Pluto. Participation Mystique by Lore City "Particpation Mystique" is a deeply atmospheric and psychedeli...